tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9071757402186489670.post2791642854026684234..comments2023-03-25T21:50:50.891+13:00Comments on Bavardess: Just write, damn you!Bavardesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10737120234578385755noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9071757402186489670.post-15208088057936969892009-09-21T15:44:44.385+12:002009-09-21T15:44:44.385+12:00Yeah, the 'I'm waiting for inspiration to ...Yeah, the 'I'm waiting for inspiration to strike while I'm sitting in the sun reading this novel' excuse really doesn't wash. Good luck with that chapter - with all you've been struggling with lately, I think you're due a visit from the thesis muse!Bavardesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10737120234578385755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9071757402186489670.post-18385347703216283922009-09-21T09:18:32.352+12:002009-09-21T09:18:32.352+12:00Hey Bavardess, I believe the advice is not quite t...Hey Bavardess, I believe the advice is not quite that easy: you just have to start writing/creating, rather than wait for the inspiration to come before you begin. Apparently, you just have to make yourself do it and then let the inspiration come along the way...and if it doesn't come, simply see it as a ghost that did not visit you that day rather than due to some internal fault.<br /><br />Don't worry, I am battling over here too! I have been facing some intense personal dramas and have a 10 000 word chapter due on 30 Sept that too is not yet in shitty first draft form!<br /><br />All the bestAcademic, Hopefulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17474557296107830403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9071757402186489670.post-62490280361779324622009-09-18T22:59:37.370+12:002009-09-18T22:59:37.370+12:00Yay!Yay!Diggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14851524413793098615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9071757402186489670.post-28640980740232564932009-09-18T15:13:14.924+12:002009-09-18T15:13:14.924+12:00Thanks for the support! I have been chained to the...Thanks for the support! I have been chained to the desk, and managed to produce about 2000 words. Okay, a lot of it is bullet points and notes that will need to be smoothed out and re-written, but at least I now have some structure.<br /><br />And now, it's back to the salt mine for another bash at it...Bavardesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10737120234578385755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9071757402186489670.post-18354152637455172772009-09-18T09:42:06.594+12:002009-09-18T09:42:06.594+12:00Chain yourself to your desk. Unchain only when you...Chain yourself to your desk. Unchain only when you've written two paragraphs/a page/some other sort of manageable, non scary chunk (i.e., less than the whole thing).<br /><br />The funny thing is, as PAINFUL as the two paragraphs are, once you've done those, you usually end up with a few pages as you get into it...Diggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14851524413793098615noreply@blogger.com